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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 571 · 40 questions
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The grammar rule (Ask “what does it do?”): Find who the sentence is about (the subject). Ask: what does (or did) the subject do? The word that answers is the verb. Names and things are nouns; describing words are adjectives.

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  1. 1.Pick the action word: Tara ___ the song every day. (a) happily (b) sweet (c) sings
  2. 2.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash reads a new book every day.” (a) Yash (b) book (c) new (d) reads
  3. 3.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya writes a long letter every day.” (a) letter (b) Aditya (c) long (d) writes
  4. 4.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav flies a red kite every day.” (a) red (b) flies (c) kite (d) Aarav
  5. 5.Pick the action word: Pooja ___ the wall every day. (a) paints (b) long (c) quickly
  6. 6.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the ball every day. (a) red (b) kicks (c) slowly
  7. 7.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira sings a sweet song every day.” (a) sings (b) song (c) sweet (d) Ira
  8. 8.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir ate a juicy mango yesterday.” (a) juicy (b) Kabir (c) mango (d) ate
  9. 9.Pick the action word: Kavya ___ the toy every day. (a) slowly (b) small (c) buys
  10. 10.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya bought a small toy yesterday.” (a) toy (b) Diya (c) bought (d) small
  11. 11.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the picture every day. (a) draws (b) happily (c) big
  12. 12.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan flies a new kite every day.” (a) kite (b) Vivaan (c) new (d) flies
  13. 13.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya paints a long wall every day.” (a) paints (b) long (c) wall (d) Diya
  14. 14.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the song every day. (a) sweet (b) sings (c) quickly
  15. 15.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav opens a big box every day.” (a) opens (b) box (c) Aarav (d) big
  16. 16.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun reads a funny book every day.” (a) funny (b) Arjun (c) reads (d) book
  17. 17.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the mango every day. (a) eats (b) happily (c) ripe
  18. 18.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash painted a long wall yesterday.” (a) Yash (b) painted (c) long (d) wall
  19. 19.Pick the action word: Kunal ___ the toy every day. (a) new (b) quickly (c) buys
  20. 20.Pick the action word: Saanvi ___ the mango every day. (a) ripe (b) slowly (c) eats
  21. 21.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Saanvi flew a new kite yesterday.” (a) flew (b) kite (c) new (d) Saanvi
  22. 22.Pick the action word: Diya ___ the wall every day. (a) slowly (b) paints (c) tall
  23. 23.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan paints a tall wall every day.” (a) paints (b) tall (c) Farhan (d) wall
  24. 24.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev bought a small toy yesterday.” (a) toy (b) small (c) bought (d) Dev
  25. 25.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan kicked a red ball yesterday.” (a) kicked (b) ball (c) Ishaan (d) red
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Tara bought a new toy yesterday.” (a) Tara (b) bought (c) toy (d) new
  27. 27.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the song every day. (a) slowly (b) happy (c) sings
  28. 28.Pick the action word: Neel ___ the picture every day. (a) draws (b) colourful (c) slowly
  29. 29.Pick the action word: Neel ___ the box every day. (a) happily (b) opens (c) small
  30. 30.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya flies a red kite every day.” (a) kite (b) red (c) Priya (d) flies
  31. 31.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav ate a juicy mango yesterday.” (a) mango (b) juicy (c) ate (d) Aarav
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav painted a long wall yesterday.” (a) long (b) painted (c) wall (d) Aarav
  33. 33.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) Rohan (b) big (c) ball (d) kicked
  34. 34.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal eats a ripe mango every day.” (a) ripe (b) eats (c) Kunal (d) mango
  35. 35.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul buys a new toy every day.” (a) toy (b) Rahul (c) new (d) buys
  36. 36.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Riya kicks a big ball every day.” (a) Riya (b) kicks (c) big (d) ball
  37. 37.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) mango (b) ate (c) Omkar (d) ripe
  38. 38.Pick the action word: Zoya ___ the letter every day. (a) quickly (b) writes (c) long
  39. 39.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan opened a small box yesterday.” (a) Vivaan (b) small (c) box (d) opened
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun bought a new toy yesterday.” (a) Arjun (b) new (c) bought (d) toy

Answer key

  1. sings
  2. reads
  3. writes
  4. flies
  5. paints
  6. kicks
  7. sings
  8. ate
  9. buys
  10. bought
  11. draws
  12. flies
  13. paints
  14. sings
  15. opens
  16. reads
  17. eats
  18. painted
  19. buys
  20. eats
  21. flew
  22. paints
  23. paints
  24. bought
  25. kicked
  26. bought
  27. sings
  28. draws
  29. opens
  30. flies
  31. ate
  32. painted
  33. kicked
  34. eats
  35. buys
  36. kicks
  37. ate
  38. writes
  39. opened
  40. bought

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